Realize alternate methods to compute the score of how well a document matches the query.

For this, implement Google's Pagerank algorithm and integrate it in the scoring model.

Implement an HTML-based user interface and a Web service

Use the Web services of your fellow student to realize a meta search engine.

Some illustrations of the first project run in Wintersemester 2014/15

Kickoff-Meeting

On Wednesday, October 29th, at 13:00, room 36/336, a kickoff meeting will take place.

In this meeting, we will discuss organizational aspects, provide pointers to reference material/literature, and hand out and discuss the first exercise sheet.

The participation in this meeting is mandatory.

Literature

We will introduce the main concepts of the required techniques/tools when handing out the individual exercise sheets. In addition, the following are standard books for databases and information retrieval you might want to consult. We will also give specific pointers to Web sources during the semester.